For the second year in a row, Bryan Fuller has left a series fans were ecstatic he’d joined in the first place. New reports indicate both Fuller and producer Michael Green have left Starz’s American Gods ahead of Season 2, owing to budget concerns.

Variety reported Fuller’s exit almost thirteen months after the beloved Hannibal and Pushing Daisies showrunner was announced to leave CBS’ Star Trek: Discovery. According to their sources, Fuller and Green were “clashing with producer FremantleMedia over budget and creative direction,” and pushing to expand the nearly $10 million-per-episode price tag for Season 2.